By now you all have seen Rich’s resignation as the reunion location finding coordinator.  I will be assuming the role of the primary reunion coordinator beginning with the 2025 reunion.  For the most part, the transition should be transparent for reunion attendees.  However, I would like to form different committees with various tasks in setting up the reunions.  For example, a 6994th representative usually does a pre-contract visit to the proposed hotel to judge its suitability for our needs.  In the future, hopefully we will have a volunteer from that city to do the site check.  In doing this, we will save travel costs for the primary coordinator to visit the site.  I’d also like to perhaps set up a committee to discuss hospitality suite refreshments, and perhaps a committee to solicit raffle items.

There are also other topics that need to be discussed about future reunions, such as time of year and perhaps picking a ‘home city’ for the reunions, such as the Prop Wash Gang, which holds its annual reunions in Laurel, MD.  

To this end, I am asking that if you have any suggestions regarding the way the reunions are run, or have suggestions for future locations, please send them to me ASAP so they can be discussed at this year’s business meeting.  As a slight deviation in the business meeting, I would like to have any attendee (including guests) attend the meeting if they are serious about helping with future reunions.

Rick – [email protected]